Coat and trousers hanger



pl'il 5, 1932. H N, AULT 1,852,391

COAT AND TROUSERS HANGER Filed Feb. 27, 1931 9 um umh /Z// I lv v Kx Patented Apr. 5, 1932 PATENT OFFICE HARVEY N. AULI, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON COAT AND TROUSERS HANGER Application led February 27, 1931.

This invention relates to improvements in trousers and coat hangers.

One object oi; the invention is to provide a. new and useful type of trousers and coat hanger that can be permanently secured in closets or wardrobes.

One of the chiel.l advantages of the invention is that it provides a compact, ideal means of hanging the trousers, and is so arranged that after the trousers are once inserted it can be swung out of the way flatly against the wall or into a corner, taking up very little space, and it keeps the garments out of the way.

Other objects and advantages will appear as the invention is more fully hereinafter eX- plained in the following specification, shown in the accompanying drawings, and finally pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings :-a

Figure l is a plan view oit' the improved hanger.

Figure 2 is a side elevation oiE the same.

Figure 3 is a plan view showing the hanger in place in a closet.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 indicates a bracket provided with a foot or base 2 formed with holes 3 for the reception of screws 4;, by means otl which the 3U bracket is secured to the wall. At the other end of bracket 1 is an oval-shaped pad 5 provided with a central hole 6 and a semi-circu lar slot 7. 8 is a heavy resilient wire or rod bent at the center to form two legs 8a bent at their outer ends at 8b to form legs 8c. At' the inner terminals of the legs 8c the wire is bent to form outer legs 8d which lie close to the legs 8c. A slot 9 is formed between the legs 8a, while slots 10 and 11 are formed between the legs 8c and 8d in which trousers can be inserted.

The inner portions of the legs 8a are bent downwardly, as shown at 12, then to the rear, as at 13, to forni a foot to engage the under side of the pad. The offsets 12 pass through the hole 6, while a portion bears on the pad to take the weight of the wire legs. 14 are rivets or bolts passing through the loops at the inner terminals of the legs Se and 8d and loosely through the slot 7, and provided with Serial No. 518,797.

nuts 15. The object of the bolts is to prevent the wire holder 8 from being removed from the pad 5.

To use the hanger, the frame 8 is first swung out in the position shown in Figure 1, or in the dotted position shown in Figure 3, and the trousers, shown at 16 (Figure 2) are then inserted between the legs and the frame is turned to one side, as shown in full lines in Figure 3. The construction is such that it can be conveniently mounted in a closet or it can be placed against any wall.

lfihile I have shown and described a particular form of my invention, I desire to avoid being limited to the particular form of embodiment which I have hereinabove shown and described.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is 70 1. In a garment hanger of the class described, the combination of a support, a resile ient wire frame bent at the center to form a loop and adjacent legs, the inner portions of which are bent downwardly and rearward 75 ly and bent at the forward portion to form other legs looped at their inner ends to form outer adjacent legs, a support formed with a central opening to receive the downwardly bent portion of the central legs, the support having a semi-circular slot, and means eXtend ing through at least one of the loops of the outer legs and the semi-circular slot to hold the frame in relative position on the support.

2. A hanger of the class described comprising a resilient frame formed with a series oi garment-receiving slots and having one end extended downwardly and rearwardly, and asupport on which the frame is mounted, said support having a central opening, the 9C downwardly extended portion of the frame iitting in the opening and the extended portion engaging the under side ot the support, and means between the irame and support to hold the frame in operative relation with the 95 support.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

HARVEY N. AULT. 

